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1 Peter 3:1-6

NRS 1
Wives, in the same way, accept the authority of your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives' conduct,
NIV 1
Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,
NRS 2
when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
NIV 2
when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
NRS 3
Do not adorn yourselves outwardly by braiding your hair, and by wearing gold ornaments or fine clothing;
NIV 3
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
NRS 4
rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God's sight.
NIV 4
Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
NRS 5
It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves by accepting the authority of their husbands.
NIV 5
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,
NRS 6
Thus Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You have become her daughters as long as you do what is good and never let fears alarm you.
NIV 6
like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

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New International Version

1 Peter 3:1-6

NIV 1
Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,
NIV 2
when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.
NIV 3
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
NIV 4
Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.
NIV 5
For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,
NIV 6
like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.